Car-fender



(N0 Model.)

H. HIESI'AND.

GAR FENDER.

Patented 0011. 15-, 1895.

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=ATENT HENRY HIESTAND, OB PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

OAR-FENDER.

SPEOJZFIGATION fqrming part of Letters Patent N0. 547,992, da.tecl October 15, 1895.

Application flled May 8, 13 95. Se1ial N0. 548,473. (N model.)

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Be itknown that I, HENRY HIESTAND, a eiti zen 0f the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the eounty of Philadelphia and State 0f Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents in Oar-Fenders, of whieh the following is a, specification.

. My irivention relates to a new and useful 1mprovement in car-fendersand has for its ob ect to provide sch a device adaipted t0 be c arried in front 0f the car, whieh, upon com1ng in contaet With a person, will automatically yield and move baokward and downward, whereby said persn will be picked up and carried up0n said fender until the gar can be stopped; und withlhi's end in view 1t eonsists in'the details of construotion and combination of elements h6teinafter set forth, and then speifieally rlesignated by the claim;

In order that those skilled in the art to whieh this invention appertains may undenstand 110W to make and use the saune, I will de scribe its constrnction a-nd operation in de- 1 :a1l, referring by number 1:0 ehe acempany- 1ng drawings, forming a, part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is apersp ective of the front end of a ear Witl1 my improved fender attzaehed thereto; and Fig. 2, a seetional elevatio'n showing the fender in its normal position and in dotted lines, the position assumed when depressecl. v

Similar numbers denote like parts in both the views 0f the drawings.

1 is a rectangular frame formed by the rod 2, whieh is bent upward and rearward, terminating in the extensions 3.

4 and are links,the lower e n ds 0f whieh are pivoted to the extensions 3 and their upper ends pivoted to the horizontal member oft the bracket 6. This braeket is in turn bolted t0 the frame of the ear 7. The links 4 are of greater length tha.n the links 5, and theret'ore swing in an am 01? larger radius than the latter, for the purpose presently explained.

The frame 1 is preferably covered with wirsnetting 8, which may sxtend any desired distance upward a1: the rear of said frame.

From this deseription. the operation of my improved fender will obviouslybe as follows:

Shoulcl the outer edge of a fender carried by a ear moving along the track come in C011- tact; with a person, instead of striking such person a rigid blow ib will move backwarcl bythe swinging 01:' the links 4 and 5, and since the links 5 describe an am 0f smaller radius than th6 links 4 the inner ends of the extensions 3 will be carried upward faster than that portion of said extensions to which the links 4: are attaehed, thereby causing the front end of the ferider t0 move downward in close proximity to 01 in eontaet With the rails 01 bed of tl1e traek. It Will then be sen that upon any further forward movement of the cat the person struek will be thrown upon the fender, whe're he will safely lie and los carried until the car is stopped. T0 li1init the backwardfnovernent of the fender, I extend alle braeket 6 dowi nward, so that the shoulders 9, formed by the bending of tl1e rod 2, Will eome in oontact with said bracket 01' rubber buf'fers 10 placed thereon.

By the use of my improvement a fencler is provided the weigh' of which is supported upon swinging links, thus obviating tl1e necessity of using springs or other eontrivanees for keeping the fender in a normal position, and at the same ti1ne permitting the fender to move backward and downward with a, greater degree of sensitiveness than is possible in fenders of a-ny other construction, an(l sinee -the fender moves backward, upon 00ming in contaet with an obstruetion; '11; follows that a person strnck by said fender will n'ot be injured by the blow and Will only reeeive Such injuries as are' instant upon their preeipitation upon the wire-netting.

It will be understood that the fender may be placed at either end. 0f the car or may be removed in co upling said car to another; also, it will be understoocl tha.t the braoket t0 which the links are pivoted may be arranged t0 be secured t0 the trucks 0f certain kinds of cars.

It is obvious that my improved fender may be varied in forrn anti adaptation without departing fronn the spirit 0f my invention, which rests in the broa( l idea of suspending a frarne by swinging links, in order that the weight of said. frame may eause it to assume a normal posiLiou and yet be permitted to move backward and downward upon coming in contact with an obstruetion.

Having thus fu1ly described my invention,

5 what I claim as new and useful is In a car fender, the combination of the right angnlar frame 2 bent so as Eo form shoulders 9 am]. extensions 3, brackets 6 having buffers 10 for limiting the backward motion of said [o frame byabutting the shoulders 9, and links II EN RY IIIESTAN D.

W itnesses:

ALLISON W. MCCURDY, P. E. PIERCE. 

